The #‎ knuckleball can be a metaphor of what it's like to let go.

every day a million miracles begin at sunrise!

She’s a smart woman. I love that. Intelligence is a wonderful and powerful aphrodisiac. To me, it enhances beauty, makes an ordinary woman look like a movie star.

What you have to realize when you write poetry, or if you love poetry, is that poetry is just naturally the greatest god damn thing that ever was in the whole universe

The more I grew as a human being, the better I became at my craft.

early is on time, on time is late, and late is unacceptable!

a full moon is a flashlight so everyone can see your drama!

Its impossible to explain creativity. It's like asking a bird, 'How do you fly?' You just do.

I want you to hear a new version of Dueling Banjos. Anyone else is welcome.

intelligence is always intimidating to those who aren't!

A poet is someone who stands outside in the rain hoping to be struck by lightning.

So many times in my life, people have tried to make me a failure.

Life is hard. Not great. Kind of tragic.

Let's all commit ourselves to the basic civility of minding our own business. Failing that, let's go back to a time when we were nasty and judgmental, but only behind one another's backs.

The last three films I've done are about self-immolation.

In any library in the world, I am at home, unselfconscious, still and absorbed.

Many have believed that Walden reached quite through to the other side of the globe.

We were impressed with the size and scope of the Persian Gulf as we traveled to Islamabad, Pakistan.

I've got a million people telling me why I can't do it. You know, that I'm not a real designer, that I'm not this. I'm not a real rapper, either!

And here I thought you had a soft spot for reckless young girls.

You’ve got to visualize where you’re headed and be very clear about it. Take a polaroid picture of where you’re going to be in a few years.